August 16, 2009, Sunday

MIAMI, July 30 - Two months into the 2009 hurricane season and no sign of significant wind. But that's no reason to relax, the Miami Herald says in a frontpage story this morning. Some of the worst hurricane years, the Herald says, have started...

July 30, 2009, Thursday

Compelling piece in The Miami Herald on worries in Haiti about this year's hurricane season, which began June 1. More than 800 died in Haiti in flooding caused by hurricanes in 2008. "I can't say we're ready," Haitian government official tells the...

June 1, 2009, Monday

To help people get ready for the hurricane season, which starts on June 1, government officials and the Red Cross staged "Storm Prep Expo 2009" at the cavernous Miami Beach Convention Center over the weekend. In a place with about 2.5 million people,...